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Published by Halston Media, 2020-09-30 20:35:05

Yorktown News 10.01.20

Vol. 9 No. 28 Visit TapIntoYorktown.net for the latest news. Thursday, October 1, 2020
The Food Emporium building in the
Police practices go under
the microscope Yorktown Green Shopping Center
has been vacant since 2010.

FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER

Coalition to review Yorktown PD
policies at public meetings

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER three Republicans and one una liated

EDITOR party member. e average age of the ve

males and three females is 51.

Complying with Gov. Andrew Cuo- e Coalition on Community Safety

mo’s mandate that all municipalities re- and Engagement, as it is o cially called, is

view their police departments and their scheduled to hold an introductory meet-

policies, the town has assembled a nine- ing on ursday, Oct. 8, when Noble will

member community coalition to do so. make a presentation about his department.

e coalition consists of community at introductory meeting will be fol- Town fights back
against blights
members and religious, non-pro t, and lowed by meetings on Oct. 20, Nov. 12
Legislation could penalize vacant
business leaders: Jim Poulin, Yorktown and Nov. 19 and an undetermined date in commercial property owners

Lions president; Rabbi Robbie Weiner, December. All meetings will be held on

Yorktown Interfaith Coalition; Rosema- Zoom and will be open to the public.

rie Panio, Senior Advisory Committee “Whether you’re on the task force or

chair; Peter Lanza, Yorktown Chamber of not, I don’t think that determines any-

Commerce vice president; Toni Reynolds thing,” Slater said at the Town Board’s

and Liz Rivera, citizen representatives; meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22. “Because

and Paul Cirilo, youth representative. what we’re going to provide is a very en-

Town Supervisor Matt Slater, who se- gaging process that everybody and any-

lected the members from a large pool of body can participate in.”

applicants, said he was “very deliberate” in e discussions will be con ned to the

putting the coalition together. Yorktown Police Department and its poli- BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER tion, led by Town Supervisor Matt Slater,
EDITOR from trying once more.
“ is coalition is incredibly diverse” in cies.
Many have tried but none have suc- At the Town Board’s work session on
age, ethnicity and political a liation per- “It’s the four walls of Yorktown,” Slater ceeded in lling the glaringly vacant com- Tuesday, Sept. 22, Slater said that new
mercial storefronts in the Yorktown Green legislation might do the trick. Or, at the
spective, Slater said. “I think it represents said at a work session on Tuesday, Sept. 8. and Shrub Oak shopping centers—among very least, it would mandate transparency
the dozens of others in town. from the buildings’ owners, which are
the town very, very well.” “ at’s what we’re talking about. We’re
at’s not stopping the new administra- SEE BLIGHTS PAGE 6
Slater and Yorktown Police Chief Rob- not talking about the national scene; we’re

ert Noble also will serve as members. not talking about national politics.”

Excluding the youth representative, the SEE POLICE PAGE 4
coalition has four registered Democrats,

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